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Playing loud music through IEM (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by Accomplished-Ad1397@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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I acidentally played music on my iem at 90 dbs for about 5 minutes, will that cause any damage to the drivers?

It’s the 7th acoustics supernova and I was using apple dongle. Left it on the table when that happened.

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[–] Rusty_Rhin0@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

On an iphone? Digging thru health settings there's an exposure limit set by the WHO. My takeaway is how the time adds up over 7 days. The limit for 90dbs is 4 hours / 7 days

[–] ConsciousNoise5690@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Wonder how you have established this 90 dB.

Anyway, if this is the correct number the answer is no. Would have been a very shitty product if it can't cope with this modest level.

Simply play some music. If you don't hear a thing, yes you fried them, likewise if it is distorted.

[–] CobreDev@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You’ll damage your ears long before you damage the actual driver